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Integration for Innovation
Michael Brown, Ellen Lord, Andrew Metrick, Robert O. Work | September 25, 2024
The China-Russia Entente in East Asia
Jacob Stokes, Evan Wright, Nathaniel Schochet | September 26, 2024
AI and the Evolution of Biological National Security Risks
Bill Drexel, Caleb Withers | August 13, 2024
Building the Future Capital Campaign
May 22, 2024
Defense
Integration for Innovation
Executive Summary In August 2023, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks made a clear case that the Department of Defense (DoD) must do better in “creat[ing] and exploit[i...
Indo-Pacific Security
The China-Russia Entente in East Asia
Executive Summary Closer cooperation between China and Russia is a major force driving global geopolitics. But how relations between the two authoritarian powers are shaping s...
Technology & National Security
AI and the Evolution of Biological National Security Risks
New AI capabilities may reshape the risk landscape for biothreats in several ways. AI is enabling new capabilities that might, in theory, allow advanced actors to optimize bio...
Building the Future Capital Campaign
In a world awash with challenges, the demand for the Center’s work has never been greater than today. The new campaign will ensure that CNAS can fulfill its critical mission n...
HIGH STAKES
High Stakes: Preparing the Next President is a new election-year initiative to explore the most pressing national security issues that will face the next administration.
Indo-Pacific Security
The Axis of Upheaval
The West has been too quick to dismiss the coordination among China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia....
Middle East Security
Virtual Event | Confronting the Axis of Upheaval
Sep 20, 2024
Defense
Swarms over the Strait
The United States is betting that it can out-innovate China and use drones to defeat a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) invasion of Taiwan. Here, the United States should view U...
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As Ukraine Builds Better Drones, Do American Firms Still Have a Role?
In The News
Drones have been crucial for surveillance, targeting and strikes on the battlefield throughout the war in Ukraine. In response, its president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has become mo...
By Samuel Bendett
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Army Ups Recruiting Goal to 61,000 Soldiers in 2025, an 11% Jump
In The News
The Army will shoot to recruit 61,000 new soldiers in fiscal year 2025, Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth announced Monday, an increase of 6,000 recruits after two recen...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The Army Is Giving All Soldiers a $240 Special Pay While Deployed
In The News
Soldiers will now see $240 per month in a new special duty pay when they are on deployments, Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth announced Monday. Soldiers on an “operatio...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Bipartisan Senate Duo Probing DOD Quantum Sensing Efforts amid Growing Global Interest
In The News
Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) have sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin seeking insight into the Pentagon's use of quantum sensing technolo...
By Constanza M. Vidal Bustamante
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The New U.S. Strategy on the Lebanon Conflict: Let It Play Out
In The News
After weeks of intensive diplomacy aimed at securing a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah militants, the United States has settled on an altogether different approach: let...
By Jonathan Lord
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Russia’s Illicit Starlink Terminals Help Power Its Advance in Ukraine
Before Starlink revolutionized the market, previous generations of field satellite terminals suffered from low speeds and high prices. Now users can buy terminals for a few hu...
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Russia’s Illicit Starlink Terminals Help Power Its Advance in Ukraine
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Sharper: Allies and Partners
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Army Ups Recruiting Goal to 61,000 Soldiers in 2025, an 11% Jump
The Army will shoot to recruit 61,000 new soldiers in fiscal year 2025, Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth announced Monday, an increase of 6,000 recruits after two recen...
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The Army Is Giving All Soldiers a $240 Special Pay While Deployed
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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School of War Ep 150: Katherine Kuzminski on the Draft
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Army Ups Recruiting Goal to 61,000 Soldiers in 2025, an 11% Jump
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Russia in the Middle East with Jonathan Lord and Hanna Notte
One year after the October 7 attacks by Hamas, the crisis in the Middle East has grown more and more complex. With the region teetering on the brink of broader conflict, the B...
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Sharper: Allies and Partners
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Exploiting Russian Weakness: Moldova and Georgia at a Crossroads
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Russia in the Middle East with Jonathan Lord and Hanna Notte
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The New U.S. Strategy on the Lebanon Conflict: Let It Play Out
After weeks of intensive diplomacy aimed at securing a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah militants, the United States has settled on an altogether different approach: let...
By Jonathan Lord
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In a Change, the Biden Administration Is Now Signaling That It Backs an Israeli Strike Against Iran
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Russia in the Middle East with Jonathan Lord and Hanna Notte
By Jonathan Lord, Hanna Notte, Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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The New U.S. Strategy on the Lebanon Conflict: Let It Play Out
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U.S. Chip Controls and the Future of AI Compute
That escalated quickly! Emily and Geoff discuss why the U.S. aim to deny China access to the computing power necessary for frontier AI capabilities has led to an ever expandin...
By Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz & Pablo Chavez
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U.S. Expands Sanctions on Iran Oil Sector Over Israel Attack
By Rachel Ziemba
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Sharper: Allies and Partners
By Gwendolyn Nowaczyk & Charles Horn
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U.S. Chip Controls and the Future of AI Compute
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U.S. Chip Controls and the Future of AI Compute
That escalated quickly! Emily and Geoff discuss why the U.S. aim to deny China access to the computing power necessary for frontier AI capabilities has led to an ever expandin...
By Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz & Pablo Chavez
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As Ukraine Builds Better Drones, Do American Firms Still Have a Role?
By Samuel Bendett
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Bipartisan Senate Duo Probing DOD Quantum Sensing Efforts amid Growing Global Interest
By Constanza M. Vidal Bustamante
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U.S. Chip Controls and the Future of AI Compute
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How to Stop Rogue States Like Russia from Interfering in Our Politics
Democratic governments have done much to protect themselves in recent years. Still missing, however, is a mechanism for collective action....
By Richard Fontaine
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Geopolitical Doomscrolling
By Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz & Carrie Cordero
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Court to decide who can see secret evidence US has filed against TikTok
By Carrie Cordero
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How to Stop Rogue States Like Russia from Interfering in Our Politics
